My friend “John Rubio”:www.johnrubio.com has launched a new site: “CREATEaPro”:www.createapro.com/. A steady flow of good essays is already filling up the site. His latest, “10 Essential Tips to Becoming a Successful Creative Pro”:www.createapro.com/2006/07/1… is equally applicable to a wide range of disciplines, not just designers, illustrators, animators, or other artists the site is aimed at.
I like this paragraph from his introductory post:
"If I could go back, I would have paid more attention. I would have started my education not then, but at 8, when I first discovered the blackroom they had stashed behind my uncle Richard's light table. I would have spent more time studying the racks of lead type before dismissing them as just things that got my hands and homemade clothes covered in ink."
It underscores what seems to be the main theme of the site: get working and stay confident.
Sometimes I worry that I wasted too much time with trivial stuff, pushing away time for what is really important. But then I’ll encounter an artist or visionary who got a late start and still made the best of it. It’s never too late.
Unless you listen to “John Kricfalusi”:johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/05/a… “After 24 if you haven’t already become really good, you will stagnate and your powers of learning and your rebellious youthful attitude will have died.”
